agonizing

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ag·o·niz·ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjective  1  PAINextremely painful 令人极其痛苦的 The pain was agonizing. 疼痛难忍。2  very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait 折磨人的 an agonizing decision 痛苦的决定 —agonizingly adverb at an agonizingly slow pace 以极慢的步速

Examples from the Corpus

agonizing• In retrospect, the decision to build the bomb was fraught with agonizing ambiguities.• In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries many criminals were subjected to that agonizing death.• There was one present which gave Diana the most agonizing decision of her young life.• Throughout these long, agonizing months, their lives are accompanied by the unending cacophony of my screaming.• A year later he died after suffering months of agonizing pain.• The red line on the thermometer on the wall of Caxton House crept up with agonizing slowness.

ag·o·niz·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable  

painful extremely Corpus

agonizing

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See main entry: agonize

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ag‧o‧niz‧ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjective
1. extremely painful:
    The pain was agonizing.
2. very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait:
    an agonizing decision
—agonizingly adverb:
    at an agonizingly slow pace

ag·on·iz·ing (BrE also ag·on·is·ing) BrE /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivecausing great pain, anxiety or difficulty 使人十分痛苦的；令人焦虑不安的；带来巨大困难的◆his father's agonizing death他父亲极度痛苦的死◆It was the most agonizing decision of her life. 这是她一生中最难作的决定。🔊🔊